Performance Evaluation of Load Control Techniques in SIP Signaling Servers

Author

Montagna, Sergio ; Pignolo, Maurizio

Author_Institution

Italtel S.p.A., Settimo Milanese

fYear

2008

fDate

13-18 April 2008

Firstpage

51

Lastpage

56

Abstract

This paper is aimed at studying and evaluating the performance of two algorithms suitable for load control enhancement in "session initiation protocol" servers. A shrewd management of SIP call-control messages is key for the performance of telecom infrastructures, since SIP is rapidly gaining momentum to be the #1 protocol for session signaling in next-generation multimedia converged networks. The work will show simulation results related to the performance of a virtual server belonging to a real server SIP farm under both homogeneous and non-homogeneous traffic scenarios.

Keywords

IP networks; file servers; multimedia communication; performance evaluation; signalling protocols; telecommunication traffic; IP network; SIP call-control message; SIP signaling server; load control; network traffic; next-generation multimedia converged network; performance evaluation; session initiation protocol; telecom infrastructure; virtual server; Access protocols; Communication system traffic control; IP networks; Internet telephony; Load flow control; Network servers; Next generation networking; Switches; Traffic control; Web server; Load control; SIP; overload protection; queuing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Systems, 2008. ICONS 08. Third International Conference on

Conference_Location

Cancun

Print_ISBN

978-0-7695-3105-2

Electronic_ISBN

978-0-7695-3105-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICONS.2008.12

Filename

4497096